Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd presented an interesting slant to the upcoming TSPLOST vote. While most Georgians feel taxed out, no one wants Atlanta to be bypassed to point where she becomes the next Detroit.

Pins and needles. No, that doesn’t describe my anticipation…..it’s the inventory of the implements that will be introduced into a hastily-fabricated Josh McKoon doll shortly after the meeting is called to order. :>)

Why did Chambliss not introduce his Fair Tax Bill when the Republicans controlled the Senate, House and Presidency? Very typical of Chambliss. He knows a Fair Tax won’t go anywhere in a Democrat Senate but he can use it to falsely portray himself as a “conservative” in his next election.

“Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd presented an interesting slant to the upcoming TSPLOST vote. While most Georgians feel taxed out, no one wants Atlanta to be bypassed to point where she becomes the next Detroit.”

Hey, that statement is offensive to Detroiters.

Why is everyone always picking on Detroit anyway? I mean, Detroit’s a great town with affordable housing, if you can find any that has not either been demolished or ceremoniously burnt to the ground by the locals.

Speaking of demolished housing, some parts of Detroit and other Michigan cities have started to revert back to nature with all of the vacant lots remaining vacant for extended periods of time due to the rapid depopulation of the city.

Not-to-mention with the really bad schools, the really high crime and an almost non-existent job market, city government finances in the crapper, rampant government corruption and a legendarily historical overdependency on the automobile on roads with potholes that can often grow to become the size of bathtubs, Detroit provides an excellent example of a quality-of-life model that Atlanta can and should aspire to.

Historical fact: Detroit was the city where the first armed robberies for high-priced for shoes and clothing took place.

Instead of trying to scare people by saying that Atlanta could become the next Detroit (which would be impossible because of the lack of super-cold weather in the Southeast), maybe we should be asking ourselves “Why can’t Atlanta be more like Detroit?”